NURS 670 Advanced Physical Assessment Final

NURS 670 Advanced Physical Assessment Final Exam Latest Update - 100 Questions and 100% Verified Correct Answers Guaranteed A+ At First Attempt Verified By Professor

3 Ways SOAP Framework is used - CORRECT ANSWER: Order the patient visit. First

gathering history (S), then completing an exam (O), then sitting down with the patient to discuss the diagnosis (A), and then collaborating with the patient on a plan of management (P).

SOAP is how we communicate with those on the healthcare team via our documentation. There are rules to where we document what information. Remembering that subjective and objective data should never mix. This is the outline of what information is documented under each part of the SOAP note.

SOAP is how we think through data. This was the critical thinking data. We think through subjective data to generate hypothesis. Then we think through the subjective data putting it into buckets to help us make decision to do we keep it or let it go to explore in the physical exam.

5 Parts of Plan - CORRECT ANSWER: Diagnostics

Therapeutics

F/U

Referral

Patient education

Active Listening - CORRECT ANSWER: Carefully listening to what the patient is saying 1 / 3

Focus on what the patient is SAYING

Active Medical History - CORRECT ANSWER: Medical problems for which they are

CURRENTLY being treated for

When was it diagnosed?

What is the tx for it?

Must be DIAGNOSED and MANAGED by a provider

Anchoring Bias - CORRECT ANSWER: First Impression

Excessive weight on one clinical feature that the clinician typically learns early in the patient encounter.

This typically causes the clinician to stop thinking about alternatives, and once the decision is made, it is hard for the clinician to change course.

Assessment (A in SOAP Framework) - CORRECT ANSWER: Final assessment

MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS

Can be symptoms

Does NOT have to be definitive

Bias - CORRECT ANSWER: an individual consciously holds a belief, stereotype, or

prejudice toward a specific group and supports and communicates this belief. 2 / 3

BOLDCARTS+1 - CORRECT ANSWER: B: Backstory; health just before onset of symptoms

O: Onset; when did it start, how did it start

L: Location

D: Duration; How long has it been going on?

C: Character: Describe it; "crushing", what is it like?

A: Aggravating, Alleviating, associating: What makes it worse / better? What goes along with it?

R: Radiation; Where does it go?

T: Timing

S: Severity

+1: Patient thoughts; what do YOU think is causing this

Calgary Cambridge Guides - CORRECT ANSWER: Describes the structure and timeline

of the clinical encounter

Initiate the session Gather information PE

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